Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by Its Hosts

Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ... by dajohnson89 on Thursday September 08, 2016 @07:35PM (#12458420)

What percentage of their current revenue do you think comes from large, commercial operations (as opposed to single family homes ... maybe a side property being rented out)? No idea myself, but I would imagine comfortably under 50%....so it's hard to believe AirBnB aiming for this kind of pivot on the customer base, especially the one that got them to where they are today.

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Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ... by massysett on Thursday September 08, 2016 @08:59PM (#12458921)

They are skating to where the puck is headed. Their future is unlicensed hotels. The "express booking" underscores this. No one renting out a room in his house wants it rented based on an instaclick. Lyft started out with the huge pink mustache and front seat rides. They ditched that stuff fast too.

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Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ... by spaceflunky on Thursday September 08, 2016 @09:13PM (#12458982)

Spot on again.

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Re:Airbnb Adopts Rules in Effort to Fight Discrimination by ... by spaceflunky on Thursday September 08, 2016 @09:17PM (#12458997)

Doesn't matter what the percentage is today, it's what it will be in the future...

It's a lot easier to say, "buy a second home or apt and make some money renting it out" than it is to say "make some money by letting a stranger go through all your personal shit. And if you don't, you're racist"

"Home sharing" is over. Airbnb is all about being a broker for unlicensed mini-hotels now.

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